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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method. The device includes: an acquiring unit for acquiring an image containing an object image; a calculating unit for calculating one or more candidate object image areas based on color and edge characteristics of the image; a selecting unit for selecting a candidate object image area with the maximal similarity to a predetermined color model as a first object image area from the one or more candidate object image areas; a determining unit for determining other of the one or more candidate object image areas as a non-object image area or a second object image area with the first object image area; a creating unit for creating an adaptive color model; and a detecting unit for detecting, based on the adaptive color model, an area containing the object image in the each of the first and second object image areas.